Albert Bates

“Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven’t committed.”

– Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Albert Bates

“Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven’t committed.”

– Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Albert is a retired public interest attorney and author of more than a dozen books on energy, environment and history. He co-founded the Ecovillage Network of the Americas and the Global Ecovillage Network.

Albert’s books Shutdown: Nuclear Power on Trial (1979) and Climate in Crisis (1990) provided early insight into two of the greatest dangers now confronting the world. In 1980 he shared the first Right Livelihood Award for his work with Plenty International in preserving indigenous cultures. He was designer of concentrating photovoltaic arrays and solar-hybrid automobiles displayed at the 1982 World’s Fair.

Albert has been director of the Global Village Institute for Appropriate Technology since 1984 and of the Ecovillage Training Center at The Farm community since 1994. Many of his books are available on Amazon, most recently Pour Evian on Your Radishes (2014) and The Paris Agreement (2015).

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